Job Description

The Penguin Random House UK Ebook Operations team are looking for a Digital Distribution Manager to join them on a permanent basis.

In this role, you\'ll be responsible for the successful and timely distribution of our Penguin Random House ebooks and audiobooks to our aggregator, Coresource, and onward to PRH retailers.

• You will pro-actively manage relationships with key external retailers and partners while striving for operational excellence, offering a \xe2\x80\x9cbest in class\xe2\x80\x9d digital supply chain.
• You will ensure the maximum number of titles are on sale with our key retailers through reporting and project managing any technical or metadata related issues.
• You will act as the main point of contact with Coresource, leading on monthly calls, setting up new retailers and championing development proposals for the benefit of the supply chain.
• You will also be the first port of call for Sales on all ebook and audiobook retailer operational issues.
• Your main internal stakeholders will be the Ebook, Audio, Sales, Bibliographic and ONIX teams, so being able to work proactively and efficiently are key for this position, as are excellent communication skills.

What you\'ll bring:

• Experience managing multiple stakeholders
• Strong ability to build relationships
• Proven record of managing projects and delivering desired results on time and to a high standard
• Knowledge of Ebook and Audio publishing and awareness of key retailers
• Strong ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve
• Experience working with Biblio would be advantageous

The team:

The Ebook Operations department oversees the conversion and quality checking of all ebooks across PRH, working closely with print Production and external suppliers. We are also responsible for the distribution of all PRH ebooks and audiobooks to retailers.

We combine creativity, technical and design know-how and meticulous attention-to-detail to produce industry-leading ebooks from PRH\'s vast and diverse publishing list.

Careful management of relationships with suppliers, distributors and retailers allows us to create quality at scale, making our ebooks available to the widest audience possible, with a strong focus on accessibility.

About Penguin:

We\'re the UK\'s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you\'ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

If this sounds like your next opportunity, please apply with your CV and cover letter by Sunday 17th of September.

Salary: \xc2\xa332,800 depending on how your skills and experience align to the role

Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:

• 27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
• Medical cover
• Life assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Generous pension scheme
• Summer working hours (role dependent)
• Volunteering policy and charity matching
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mentoring programme
• Extended gender neutral parental leave
• Access to free and discounted books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
• Each site has trained mental health first aiders
• We plant a tree for every new employee to our business

Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we want our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated.

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we\'re part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can\'t take all eligible candidates to interview.

We want to make sure disabled applicants can be their best at each step of the recruitment journey. If you need adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to get in touch with us at . Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your adjustment request. Find out more about our approach here:

We partner with The Book Trade Charity, who provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here:

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

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